will.i.am’s Connection To John Kerry

Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am tells Lloyd Grove of The New York Daily News at the group’s Democratic National Convention after-party at Clio Restaurant he felt a connection to John Kerry. “When I mentioned to Kerry that I wanted to make a song about America, he said, ‘Why don’t you go to Quincy Jones?'” The dreadlocked rapper said, “It let me know that this person is no different than me.”